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Japanese cafe giving joy to elderly dementia-sufferers and families
Kyodo News, Published on 28/09/2022
» A coffee shop in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi has begun catering to elderly people with dementia, creating a welcoming community between customers, their caretakers and the children given a chance to wait on them.
Abe shooter says his mother bankrupted by donating to religious group
Kyodo News, Published on 09/07/2022
» The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told police that he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group who he believed caused his mother to make big donations to the group, investigative sources said Saturday.
Tokyo to ask nightclub workers to take virus tests
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2020
» The Tokyo metropolitan government will ask people working at nightclubs and similar entertainment establishments to regularly take coronavirus tests, Gov Yuriko Koike said on Sunday.
Man dies as snow continues in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 11/02/2017
» TOTTORI, JAPAN - Heavy snowfall continued in a wide area along the Sea of Japan coast Saturday, contributing to the death of a man and stranding around 30 passengers on a train overnight.
Alcohol to be exempt from liquor tax for tourists in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 21/08/2016
» The Japan Tourism Agency plans to exempt domestically produced alcoholic drinks such as sake from the liquor tax for foreign tourists as part of efforts to boost regional economies, agency officials said on Saturday.
New Singapore booze law targets late-night public drinking
Kyodo News, Published on 01/04/2015
» Singapore on Wednesday began imposing a new law to curb late-night drinking in public places in a move aimed at averting public disorder caused by drunkenness.